Final Cut Pro X and Swift make list of fastest-growing skills for Q3 2017
MacTech Conference hits Los Angeles Nov 15-17, Apple IT Pros, consultants and techs grab $400 off
Calling all Apple IT/Consulting/Tech professionals! MacTech is having their annual conference in Los Angeles in just 2 weeks and you are invited.
Qualcomm accuses Apple of sharing ‘unprecedented access’ to chip code with Intel
Apple’s fight with Qualcomm isn’t cooling off anytime soon. Bloomberg reports that Qualcomm has filed a new lawsuit against Apple accusing it of helping Intel using Qualcomm code. Apple and Qualcomm have been in a messy legal dispute since the start of the year.
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Affinity Designer and Photo for Mac receive big 1.6 update including free limited-time content bundles
Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer, two of the best creative-minded applications available on the Mac, are receiving major updates today to increase performance and add new features.
The apps, which are beloved by creative designers due to their no-compromise feature set and subscription-free pricing model, both receive performance improvements, which include a Metal 2 accelerated view and macOS High Sierra optimization. There’s also a new light UI option for users to select from.
For a limited time until November 16th, app developer Serif is providing buyers with bonus content for both apps, which include new textures for Affinity Photo, and a pro brush pack for Affinity Designer. more…
Grammarly launches iOS keyboard with advanced grammar and contextual spell checking features
Grammarly is launching a clever new iPhone and iPad keyboard that includes sophisticated grammar, spelling, and punctuation coaching features. Grammarly Keyboard brings the popular writing service from the desktop to anywhere you can write on iOS.
Adobe analytics suggest that majority of holiday online shopping will be on mobile devices
Stats from Adobe’s analytics wing suggest that, for the first time ever, more holiday shopping will be done on mobile devices than on computers …
Shipping estimates for iPhone X continue to improve as one reader gets his a day early
We noted last week that some of those who’d originally been given iPhone X shipping estimates of November 10-17 had seen these change to the launch date of November 3.
Apple now appears to be working on improving delivery times for those whose estimates originally read November 17-24 …
Analysts expecting Apple’s Q4 revenue to be bang in the middle of company’s forecast
Apple is due to report its fiscal Q4 (calendar Q3) earnings later today, and Wall Street analysts expect the company to report revenue bang in the middle of the company’s guidance.
Perhaps reflecting the fact that it was difficult even for Apple to judge how many people would buy the iPhone 8 in September versus holding out for the iPhone X, the company gave unusually wide guidance this time around …
ACLU raises privacy concerns over app developer access to facial expressions on iPhone X
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has raised privacy concerns about developer access to the facial expressions of iPhone X users. In particular, they say that Apple allows developers to capture facial expression data and store it on their own servers.
When the iPhone X was launched, Apple was careful to stress that the 3D face recognition model used by Face ID was stored only on the phone itself. The data is never transferred to Apple servers. But the ACLU says that app developers are allowed to transmit and store some face data …